Remember the travel agents at the Spot where Derbeians booked their holidays?

The Spot, Derby, in the mid-1960s, shows a branch of Frames Tours Ltd at the corner of Devonshire Street and London Road (Image: Barry Edwards Collection)

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The area to the left of the photograph has undergone development twice within the last 50 years. The run of buildings which included Frames was set to be replaced in the 10 years after the photo was taken by part of the Eagle Centre development.

This was itself then demolished in 2005 when developers Westfield prepared the way for their huge London Road extension.

Next to Frames Tours is Alex Owen’s electrical shop while, to the right of the bus, is the rounded corner development that opened as Eastern’s furniture store in 1938, but in this view is Harolls.

Trolleybus wires are still overhead, dating this photo to no later than the autumn of 1967.

The Spot, Derby, in the 1970s when the area was undergoing transformation as part of the new Eagle Centre development. The Frames Tours Ltd shop is about to be demolished (Image: Barry Edwards)

Fast forward a few years to the early 1970s and the Barry Edwards photos, above and below, show the demise of the travel agents.

The Spot in the early 1970s viewed from under the canopy of the Odeon cinema. The former Frames Tours Ltd shop is the latest to be demolished as part of the Eagle Centre development (Image: Barry Edwards)

A passing graffiti artist has daubed a reference to Park Lane Tottenham, perhaps during the visit of Spurs to the newly-promoted Rams in the autumn of 1969, an encounter triumphantly won by Derby County 5-0. The Odeon cinema provides the backdrop.